ROM Pick: Smooth 'N' Sexy v1.6 for HTC EVO 4G

When one downloads a custom ROM, the first questions asked involve stability. A lot of the time, I find myself questioning AOSP's GPS reliability. Other times, I wonder if a Sense 3.0 ROM has 4G working.

There are many things that go wrong with ROMs that come from other devices. Whether it's the Sense 2.1 ROMs from the EVO Shift 4G, the Sense 3.0 ROMs from the EVO 3D, the Sense 3.5 ROMs from the Bliss or Runnymede, or AOSP/MIUI ROMs, they all have their own set of bugs and lagginess that accompany them.

But what about ROMs built for the HTC EVO 4G? You know . . . ROMs actually built for our device.

The current OTA update, 4.53.651.1, is a great build. There are several devs who have uploaded stock "4.53 ROMs," but let's face it, we go to custom ROMs for the "custom."

There are three options (correct me if I'm wrong) for 4.53 ROMs: ldc2335's Smooth 'N' Sexy, swagstr's Swagged Out Stock (that's my ROM, by the way), and Team Nocturnal's 4.53 ROM.

Today, let's take a look at the Smooth 'N' Sexy ROM for the HTC EVO 4G.

The video above (sorry about the lack of audio) shows all the nice features of this ROM. To begin, it's completely stable: 4G, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS all work as HTC intended. Considering that this ROM is based off the OTA update, though, the stableness is kind of implied.

So what are the goods?

Hacks

CIQ-removed

Remappable right button on the dock (this is a sweet feature; use the included LaunchKey app to map this button to any app)

About the Author

Sam Sarsten is a former contributing editor at Good and EVO, which was merged with Pocketables in 2012.

jorge

I stopped flashing ROMS after synergy RLS1. I have yet to find any bugs. It works great and I’m happy with battery life at 10 -12 on a heavy day. This rom SNS looks boring and nothing outstanding. But if stability is what someone needs this may be a good choice. I Personally don’t like AOSP, except MIUI but I still prefer synergy though.

http://profile.typepad.com/psychos Psychos

You should give Virus Eternity RLS1.1 a shot. I’ve been a Synergy fan myself since they started. Eternity is seriously the smoothest ROM I have ever used, I’m not sure how he pulled it off. I’m loving Eternity.

Chris from Northern Virginia

Thanks Sam! This was just the post I was waiting for. I am heart broken that Flipz abandoned Fresh Rom, right before the last update came out. (He switched to the 3d and gave up his Evo), can you imagine? I will never get rid of mine, even after an upgrade. Keep up the great work!

Shaun

Synergy RULES!!!

jorge

Sure, I’ll give it a shot. Thanks!

Maeg

I’m loving the ROM reviews. There are too few sites out there doing them. Switching from Fresh to Swagged Out after this review.

Raymond

This Virus Eternity RLS ROM you speak of, is it for the EVO 4G?

I cannot seem to find it on XDA.

http://profile.typepad.com/psychos Psychos

Ok, I’m retarded. forgive me….I wasn’t paying attention to the post and thought it was for Evo3D. =/

Eternity is for 3D only as of right now. Virus may make one for the O.G. Evo, not sure. Sorry again, I’m an ass.

Mike D

What was that you did in the beginning with the record button….was that an app?

robert

I have rom swag on v1.9.0.4 and it works great. any way to get the notification drop down not be clear, hard to read.

http://profile.typepad.com/glorifythepast Glorifythepast

While I loved Synergy, I never got the battery life I wanted, even with the aggressive freedom kernel. Hoping to max out battery with this.

http://profile.typepad.com/rebekahking Rebekah King

I cannot get the alternate docks to install. From Recovery, I update from .zip on SD and get the message “Amend scripting (update-script) is no longer supported. Amend scripting was deprecated by Google in Android 1.5. It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery. Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages. Installation aborted.”
There’s a thread about this over at XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897026
Anyone know if there are docks that are Gingerbread-ready?

TheOneCEO

Does anyone know how to get HDMI working for v1.9

Wayne

After flashing this ROM, all is well, except I cannot connect to a computer. The icon in the top-most graphic that looks like a tree, showing that it is connected does not appear when connected to the computer. It does not matter which setting I select (Charge only, Hard drive, etc.) Ideas?

Wayne

Well, I upgraded MyBackup Root to Pro version, rebooted and, for no reason I can make sense of, the PC connection returned. Mystifying.